[chbot] pc power supply

Charles Manning cdhmanning at gmail.com
Mon Apr 6 02:08:38 BST 2020


I agree with Volker

The default answer is NO, unless there are specific capabilities for load
sharing.

Even if it did "work" by luck, there is no guarantee it would continue to
work under different temperatures, different load conditions and even
different AC power voltages/ power factor etc.




On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 12:59 PM Volker Kuhlmann <list57 at top.geek.nz> wrote:

> On Mon 06 Apr 2020 11:53:55 NZST +1200, Mark Atherton wrote:
>
> > Yes, if they are identical power supplies, and have current sharing
> > features.
>
> What kind of current sharing features?
> What do they look like in PC power supplies?
>
>
> I think in general, the answer would be no you can't combine them.
> There's a good chance the output regulation interferes with each other.
> Best case would be not much output power from each, worst case wild and
> strange oscillations exceeding output voltage.
>
> It might be worth a test, but I'm not confident to guarantee that each
> power supply and the load survive that undamaged.
>
> Volker
>
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